Improvement in plows



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Flows.

No.158,026. Patented Uec.22,18 74.

- WiTNESSES:

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

THOMAS GANTY, OF KAUFMAN, TEXAS.

IMPROVEMENT IN FLOWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 158,026, dated December22, 1874; application filed August 10, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS CANTY, of Kaufman, in the county of Kaufmanand State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Improvement inSkeleton Tillage-Plow, of which the following is a specification:

Figures 1 and 2 are opposite side views, and Fig. 3 a bottom-plan view,of the plow.

The invention relates to the construction and arrangement of theland-side, share, moldboard, and brace, as hereinafter described.

The handle M and vertical standard B are bolted to the land-side G, andsecured to the beam A in the usual manner. The share E and bar D areWelded to the forward end of the land-side G, and said bar extendsbackward and upward to support the part F of the mold-board, and isbolted to the standard B. Several deep notches or open slots are cut inthe upper edge of the share E, and to tongues or projecting parts thusformed the curved parallel and flat strips or plates F G H are attachedby bolts or rivets. Thus said plates form continuations of the share E,over which the soil glides with a minimum amount of friction.

The result is practically the same, in respect to a smooth and flatcontinuous surface, as if the share and mold-board were cast solidtogether, While the weight of the parts and their cost are greatlyreduced.

The means of supporting the rear ends of the strips F G H is a bracehaving arms I, N, and J. The T-shaped head of the same is bolted to thestandard B, and the arm J to the lower end of the handle K. .The latteris thus supported or held in position by such arm J and the round L,which connects it with the other handle, M. The arm I extends laterallyto meet the strip H, to which its end is bolted. The bent arm N extendsup from the arm I, to support the strip Gr. Thus all the moldboardstrips are supported and held rigidly in position, so as to resist thelateral and downward pressure to which they are subject in the processof plowing.

The combination is such as to form a plow capable of being economicallymanufactured, and having a very light draft, yet strong and durable, andefficient in operation as the ordinary plow with solid mold-board. Ithas advantage over other skeleton mold-board plows in severalparticulars, among others this, that the share and mold-board divide andpass under and turn or lay the soil with less friction.

While not, therefore, claiming a plow having a skeleton mold-board,

I do claim- 1. The share E, having the continuous cutting-edge andnotched upper edge, the flat mold-board strips F G H, and branched T-headed brace I J N, combined and arranged as shown and described, forthe purpose specified.

2. The land-side G, share E, and brace D, welded together, as shown anddescribed.

3. The brace l), welded to the landside (l, bolted to the standard B,and arranged to support the strip F of the mold-board, as set forth.

THOMAS OANTY.

WVitnesses:

JAMES BROWN, 0. H. BENNETT.

